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Maspeth’s Iavarone Bros. celebrate 90 years of family business
BY ANTHONY GIUDICE
AGIUDICE@RIDGEWOODTIMES.COM
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For nine decades, Queens residents
have relied on the Iavarone
family to bring them the freshest,
tastiest cuts of meat, and on Sept. 5, the
Iavarones celebrated that tradition
and their 90th anniversary outside of
their Maspeth store.
Since Pasquale Iavarone opened the
original Iavarone Bros. Pork Store in
1919 in Brooklyn — where the refurbished
sign can still be found outside
of The Wheelhouse in Bushwick —
four generations of Iavarones have
worked in the family business. In 1927,
the store offi cially became known as
Iavarone Bros.
Over the years Iavarone Bros. has
expanded past its roots in Brooklyn,
opening up shops in Queens and Long
Island. In 1976, they brought their expertise
in quality meats and food to
the heart of Maspeth at 69-00 Grand
Ave., and it is now the oldest standing
Iavarone Bros. location.
Now there are still six Iavarone
family members spread across all the
store’s locations working in the family
business.
“I am very proud,” Michele Iavarone,
operating manager of the
Maspeth store, said of her family’s
business celebrating their 90th year.
“Being part of the fourth generation of
the family business, four generations
in any business is a long time, so that
in itself is an honor. I’m hoping that
I continue to my family proud, my
great grandfather, my grandfather
and my father. It’s very nice.”
Keeping a business running for 90
years is no easy task, and Iavarone
credits her family’s dedication to serving
quality products and customer
service as two of the main reasons why
the shop has lasted nearly a century.
Even in the changing landscape of
Maspeth, Iavarone sees a healthy mix
of longtime customers and new faces
coming into the store, she said. In order
Photos by Anthony Giudice/Ridgewood Times
to stay competitive, the Iavarones have
begun expanding their products to fi t
their changing customer base.
Aft er posing for photos with a banner
celebrating their 90 years, the
Iavarones cut a cake which was in the
shape of a pig, honoring their business’
roots as a pork store.
The Iavarone family celebrated their business's 90th anniversary at their Maspeth store.
